A Caprese Chicken Sheet Pan Meal that’s piled with chicken, mozzarella, fresh basil and tomatoes on a layer of southern collard greens! Sometimes I get so excited about recipes that I just want to share them all at once, back to back. That’s how I’ve been with these last few recipes. The recipes that I…
Tomatoes
Rotini With Broccoli and Tomatoes
I told you about the new apartment didn’t I? I know I did, I think I did. I’m just overly excited about it. We just put our deposit down on a beautiful, brand new apartment in the River District/Tobacco Warehouse District and I’m beyond excited. Other than the pain of boxing of the house again,…
Roasted Parmesan Tomatoes with Corn
This post is sponsored by Hebrew National®. Grilling out is so perfect during the summer. Getting out on the patio and just having dinner together is perfect during the summer! No one is really interested in heating up the house with the oven and summer evenings are just a great time to gather around the…
Ingredient Feature Friday: Tomatoes – Tomatoes in 12 Different Dishes
Whenever I make any dish that includes Spinach I always feel like I need to toss in a few tomatoes for that pop of red! This is especially true for any type of pasta dish! I don’t know why it’s like that but if I make pasta and I put spinach it it, I’ve GOT…
Southwest Chicken and Rice
I think that we are going to attempt to see American Sniper tonight. I have totally mixed feelings about wanting to see this movie and I’m going to try my best to not have a major freak out in the middle of the theater tonight. I don’t do public displays of emotions and well considering…
Perfect Grits and Greens Breakfast Bowl
It’s happening, I’ve started to enjoy breakfast. I blame it on the fact that I have a food blog. haha Well…I take that back… I’ve started to enjoy breakfast FOODS, like at brunch or lunch time. haha I think I’m ok with breakfast as long as no one is shoving eggs in my face. I’m…
Orzo with Tomatoes and Feta #GreekSummer
We use to have a little restaurant down the street from my college called Bumpas. Before that it was called “The Wurst Place” and after it was called “Boom Dunnes” (I actually worked there when it was called “Boom Dunnes” and my mother in law worked there when it was called “The Wurst Place”) But anyways back to…
Turkey Caprese Croissant #DeliFreshBOLD
This Turkey Caprese Croissant is perfect for lunch or dinner! It’s easy to make and packed full of mouth-watering flavors! This sponsored post was written while participating in my partnership with Oscar Mayer and One2One Network, but as always, all opinions are my own. I received Deli Fresh BOLD coupons and other related items from Oscar Mayer/Kraft Foods. …
Easy 30 Minute Brown Butter Chicken Pasta
If you’ve been reading along, you might remember that back in November I went to Roanoke and competed in the 2013 Frugal Food Lion Cook Off. I was partnered with Elizabeth from E, Myself and I, and we totally kicked butt and won! Woot Woot! I was SO nervous about the whole thing, so the night before the…
Homemade Spinach and Mozzarella Pizza #OurOctoberChallenge
We’re almost halfway though the month! Day 13! We’ve gone 13 days without eating out and 13 days of making our meals at home from scratch. Good Lordy haha. We’re doing good though and I am so, so proud of BigBear and all that’s he’s put into this! I was so worried that he wouldn’t…
Italian Chicken Pasta Wrap #SundaySupper #SauteExpress
Sometime I get into a cooking rut. I want to cook, I want to create amazing meals for my family but sometimes my energy level just isn’t up to speed with what I want to do. I work a full time job, write articles for a few magazines and companies and blog here at BigBearsWife.com….
Pizza Pasta
You know how sometimes you go into the kitchen with an idea and it doesn’t quite turn out like it was suppose to….but then the fact that it didn’t turn out right is ok because it’s actually really good and probably better than what it was suppose to be?!? I have to admit, that’s happened to me…
Savory Patriotic Chicken Kabobs
Savory Patriotic Chicken Kabobs are the perfect additional to this summer’s holiday cookouts! Perfect for grilling outside or inside! I can’t believe that it’s already July. It feels like It was just June 1st the other day and I was counting down the days until my birthday. Summer is just flying by!…
French Tomato Pumpkin Soup #FoodiePenPals Box
Last month while reading through some new food blogs, I found Lindsay’s blog, The Lean Green Bean, and read about Foodie PenPals. It’s a group that Lindsay put together for Food Bloggers and Food Lovers. Foodie Pen Pals is just that “Pen Pals” for Foodies! But before I go into what exactly Foodie PenPals is, let me…
BLT Pasta Salad
{ BLT Pasta Salad } Our Thanksgiving was fabulous! I love being to share my love of cooking with the love of family time. We had 3 Thanksgiving Meal to attend this year. I only cooked for one of them though. This is one dishes we had at our Maitland/Batman Thanksgiving. The BLT Pasta Salad has the…
Mini Clam, Tomato, and Spinach Pizzas
Mini Clam, Tomato, and Spinach Pizzas (Printable Recipe Here) I’m not usually one to experiment in the kitchen. I love to cook and bake but I want to know what I’m trying to make is going to come out edible. haha But I saw a commercial one day that was a mini pizza with sun-dried…
Grilled Chicken Penne al Fresco
{ Grilled Chicken Penne al Fresco } I first made this dish when I started as a Pampered Chef consultant. Even though I’m not with Pampered Chef anymore I still love making this pasta. I do use the Pampered Chef Deep Dish baker for this recipe, but I’m sure that you can use any casserole dish with…
Primavera Potato Bites From The Pampered Chef
Primavera Potato Bites From The Pampered Chef (Printable Recipe Here) As I’ve mentions in other posts, I am on my way to starting my own Pampered Chef Business, and because of this I am in the mist of trying out new recipes from Pampered Chef! This is one of them 🙂 (I’ve “Bolded” all the…